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Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to issue licenses or permits to any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. The bill specifies that such license or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission for each boat so employed. Current law allows any person to fish with trawl nets and drag nets for fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, provided such person has a license issued by the Commission to trawl within the three-mile limit from Cape Charles north to the Maryland line, except during September and October and from 36° 40' north latitude south to the North Carolina line at any time, and from Cape Henry south to 36° 40' north latitude between October 1 and May 1. This bill is identical to HB 1697.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2025
Last Action
Mar 18, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB933ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB933)
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Read first time
Read second time and engrossed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB933)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100733D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)
Richard H. Stuart